This Doctor should have his medical license revoked. Easily, the ruddest human being and most…read moreincompetent person ever.
1) Told my mother her illness was in her head and she just needed to start thinking more positively, but then discovers she is at 87% Oxygen and back in Afib. Spends the next 2 hours treating her, saying " boy, you're making me look bad"
2) Told my mother she didn't have pneumonia and the 2 doctors that treated her at Tri City for pneumonia "really didn't treat her for it" I challenged him, asking " so basically 2 separate doctors are wrong and you are calling them liars?'
3) Consistently prescribes too many pills and doesn't actually try to communicate and work with her other doctors to care for her as a patient.
4) Tells my mother " she is fine and doesn't have dementia", even though an MRI reveals significant signs of vascular dementia AND 2 pysch evals and numerous tests support it.
BUT the worst: Per the recomendation of a nurse at Tri City, she told me to look into hospice services so mom could get additional PT, OT and equipment at home. Since she has CHF, COPD, and numerous other issues, she felt she would qualify. I called Kindred Hospice and spoke to a rep who provided me with a wonderful wealth of information, and after talking about my moms issues and illnesses, felt she could qualify for services. He told me that he needed to send a request for an evaluation to qualify to mom's PCP, Wisniewski. A few days later the rep calls me, and says " Your mom's PCP denied our request". I find out later that my mom and her friend happened to be at the doctors office when the request came through, Dr. walks into the room with the faxed request for an evaluation and says to my mom and friend " Look what your daughter is trying to do, shes trying to put you into hospice care. This is ridiculous. Your daughter obviously doesnt have your best interest at heart."
My mom and her friend both confirm the doctor said this. To say something like this to a patient AND her friend is the most unprofessional thing ever. How dare he make a comment like that without having any knowledge of services rendered or my intentions!!!! I later spoke with the Kindred rep again, who fully agreed that the doctor very obviously was ignorant to what service they provide and how it helps patients like my mom. I later learned his comment set off a series of events that had serious consequences.
My mother has been in and out of both hospitals and nursing homes since January, and many doctors and therapists, upon learning who my mother's PCP is, simply give me this general comment of "Oh yes, I know that doctor" and it has always come with a comment generally speaking to the fact that he is not held in high regard with his peers. I HATE this doctor, and want to share just a small series of actions in a LONG list of things he has said, done and NOT done while treating my mother.
Please avoid choosing this doctor and find someone with kindness, consideration, patience and patient care in their practice. This doctor rude, insensitive, combative, arrogant and quite generally, a poor excuse for a doctor.
